Heterogeneity within the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: An application of causal forests.

ABSTRACT: Existing evidence regarding the effects of Medicaid expansion, largely focused on aggregate effects, suggests health insurance impacts some health, healthcare utilization, and financial hardship outcomes. In this study we apply causal forest and instrumental forest methods to data from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (OHIE), to explore heterogeneity in the uptake of health insurance, and in the effects of (a) lottery selection and (b) health insurance on a range of health-related outcomes. The findings of this study suggest that the impact of winning the lottery on the health insurance uptake varies among different subgroups based on age and race. In addition, the results generally coincide with findings in the literature regarding the overall effects: lottery selection (and insuran

SUBMITTER: Hattab Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10796043 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature